Chassis painting/protection

im confused... (which is not hard)

The more i read the harder decision its turning out to be.

Not doing a full nut and bolt strip as the rear tub is still on. So a galvanized chassis is out of the question

i have taken the seats and floors out, also the engine is out. The fuel tank is out cos it had rusted and was leaking.

So most of the frame is exposed which i am wire brushing and cleaning up. Finding a few holes which need patching, rear is the worst.
also needs a nearside out rigger (which has been patched before badly and has made it worse)

When i have finished the cleanup. Now do i....?

Use the POR15 method or even Eastwood rust encapsulator

I have watched many YouTube videos and it seems the Eastwood comes out better as it doesn't rely on the prep so much.

or

Clean up with FERTAN rust convertor or VACTAN rust convertor
Then paint with redoxide and paint with Heavy duty paint (Require some recomendations)

After all is finished then Waxoyl

Your advice and tips would be most appreciated.

I cleaned mine up then painted red oxide then red tractol paint but it is quite a hard paint and chips easily. I will clear waxoyl it when finished its resto'. I heard a 50% mix of diesel/waxoyl injected inside the chassis is good for holding back the tin worm.

fertan is excellent stuff, if you spray it it stinks and hangs in the air so i would wear a mask.

i also find the black dinitrol wax easier to use than waxoyl especially if you are spraying as you can spray directly from the schutz containers you can get it in even in coldish weather.

Is there a risk of getting a fire if you inject waxoyl/diesel into the chassis and then weld any repairs later on? I guess it would negate the need for welding but someone mentioned it elsewhere and if you did inject it in the chassis and regretted it, you'd be stuffed!

Hammerite is £2.50 a 750ml tin in my local 'fallen off the back of a lorry store'. Cheapest way to do some form of a job maybe? If you did 50 coats.......

Thanks Fellas,

Sound like the plan so far is:

Fertan - Hammerite - Waxoyl

Have to say I'm still a fan of WaxOyl. I know many don't rate it, but it's done well for what I've used it for. (a 1991 Disco that's never needed welding for instance).

We offer an application service (we're near Luton/M1). If you're interested PM me and I'll forward on some details.